Latest Fact-checks in Health Care Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Ron Johnson stated on September 20, 2017 in an interview: The GOP’s health bill will protect people with pre-existing conditions "every bit as well as Obamacare did." Donald Trump stated on September 21, 2017 in a tweet: The Graham-Cassidy health care bill does "include coverage of pre-existing conditions." Bill Cassidy stated on September 20, 2017 in an interview on CNN: Under the Graham-Cassidy health insurance bill, in "states like Maine, Virginia, Florida, Missouri, there will be billions more dollars to provide health insurance coverage for those in those states who have been passed by by Obamacare." Bernie Sanders stated on September 17, 2017 in an interview: "Private insurance companies in this country spend between 12 and 18 percent on administration costs. The cost of administering the Medicare program, a very popular program that works well for our seniors, is 2 percent. We can save approximately $500 billion a year just in administration costs." Sean Duffy stated on September 14, 2017 in a Facebook Live town hall: Vermont had to "scrap" its single-payer health insurance program because it was "going bankrupt." Karen Handel stated on August 30, 2017 in a telephone town hall: "The Affordable Care Act is the single largest tax increase in my lifetime." Paul Ryan stated on August 21, 2017 in a CNN town hall broadcast: "We’ve got dozens of counties around America that have zero insurers left." Sean Patrick Maloney stated on August 3, 2017 in a radio interview: "Most people on Medicaid are kids, or seniors, or the disabled." Alex Castellanos stated on August 20, 2017 in comments on ABC's 'This Week': "(For) white working-class America, death rates among white men are up 20 percent." Florida Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee stated on August 10, 2017 in a TV ad: Says Jose Felix Diaz supports President Donald Trump's "plan to slash Medicare, charge older Americans an age tax and cut coverage for pre-existing conditions." Stacey Evans stated on August 5, 2017 in a statement sent to the Atlanta Journal Constitution: There are"thousands of Georgia workers that are misclassified as independent contractors," who lose benefits, including health care. Mike Gallagher stated on July 9, 2017 in a TV interview: "We’re spending 18 percent of our GDP on healthcare while the average among industrialized countries is closer to 8 percent." Sean Duffy stated on July 20, 2017 in an interview: "You have almost half the counties in America that have one provider or no provider for insurance" on the Obamacare exchanges. David Perdue stated on July 28, 2017 in a statement: Because of the failure to pass a repeal bill, "Obamacare remains the law of the land ... This means more than 300,000 Georgians below the poverty line will still not have access to the insurance Obamacare promised." J.K. Rowling stated on July 28, 2017 in a tweet: Says Donald Trump was seen "looking deliberately over a disabled child's head, ignoring his outstretched hand." Marco Rubio stated on July 20, 2017 in a Facebook live speech: "In order to sell insurance in Florida there are over 40 separate individual conditions that must be covered. ... far beyond the essential health benefits included in Obamacare." Eric Schneiderman stated on July 17, 2017 in a speech at Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine: "We have been able to cut New York’s uninsured rate in half since 2013 from 10 percent to 5 percent of our population." Kellyanne Conway stated on July 22, 2017 in Fox News interview: Just 6 percent of Americans say Russia is the country’s most important issue, yet the story receives "75 percent of the coverage" in the media. Kevin McCarthy stated on July 11, 2017 in an interview with Fox Business: "More people, almost twice as many, pay the penalty or take the waiver than signed up for (Obamacare)." John Faso stated on July 15, 2017 in an article in the Times Herald-Record: "We now have about one-third of New York’s population on Medicaid." National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on July 5, 2017 in a Facebook ad: "Elizabeth Warren doesn't think Obamacare goes far enough: ‘The next step is single payer.' Does Sen. Nelson agree? He has in the past ... Sen. Nelson votes with Warren 90 percent of the time." Ron Johnson stated on June 4, 2017 in a television interview: "In the ‘40s, 68 cents of every health care dollar was actually paid for by the patient, today it’s only 11 cents." Elizabeth Warren stated on July 13, 2017 in a video: "One in three people who’s receiving treatment for (opioid) drug problems gets some help from Medicaid to pay for that." Mike Pence stated on July 14, 2017 in a speech to the National Governors Association: In Ohio, due to Medicaid expansion, "nearly 60,000 disabled citizens are stuck on waiting lists ... leaving them without the care they need for months or even years." Stacey Evans stated on June 12, 2017 in a campaign video: "I helped win one of the biggest private lawsuits against Medicare fraud in history. The government declined to pursue the case, so my firm did, and we recovered $324 million for taxpayers." Pat Toomey stated on July 10, 2017 in Morning Joe: Medicaid "is contributing to 70 percent of our budget deficit right now. It’s the one that is in our lap because of Obamacare." Bob Casey stated on July 5, 2017 in a tweet: The GOP health care proposal would slash more than $135 million in federal funding available to PA schools. Chris Murphy stated on June 26, 2017 in a video: Says because of Donald Trump, "the IRS decided to stop enforcing the individual mandate that was the underpinning of the ACA. That has resulted in insurance companies all across the country jacking their rates up, explicitly because they don't believe that healthy people will buy insurance." Marc Short stated on July 2, 2017 in an episode of "Fox News Sunday": 7 million people the Congressional Budget Office says won't have health insurance coverage under the Senate health care bill "don't exist." Marco Rubio stated on June 28, 2017 in a Facebook live speech: "There is no reason for anybody to be losing any of their current benefits under Medicaid."
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Ron Johnson stated on September 20, 2017 in an interview: The GOP’s health bill will protect people with pre-existing conditions "every bit as well as Obamacare did." Donald Trump stated on September 21, 2017 in a tweet: The Graham-Cassidy health care bill does "include coverage of pre-existing conditions." Bill Cassidy stated on September 20, 2017 in an interview on CNN: Under the Graham-Cassidy health insurance bill, in "states like Maine, Virginia, Florida, Missouri, there will be billions more dollars to provide health insurance coverage for those in those states who have been passed by by Obamacare." Bernie Sanders stated on September 17, 2017 in an interview: "Private insurance companies in this country spend between 12 and 18 percent on administration costs. The cost of administering the Medicare program, a very popular program that works well for our seniors, is 2 percent. We can save approximately $500 billion a year just in administration costs." Sean Duffy stated on September 14, 2017 in a Facebook Live town hall: Vermont had to "scrap" its single-payer health insurance program because it was "going bankrupt." Karen Handel stated on August 30, 2017 in a telephone town hall: "The Affordable Care Act is the single largest tax increase in my lifetime." Paul Ryan stated on August 21, 2017 in a CNN town hall broadcast: "We’ve got dozens of counties around America that have zero insurers left." Sean Patrick Maloney stated on August 3, 2017 in a radio interview: "Most people on Medicaid are kids, or seniors, or the disabled." Alex Castellanos stated on August 20, 2017 in comments on ABC's 'This Week': "(For) white working-class America, death rates among white men are up 20 percent." Florida Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee stated on August 10, 2017 in a TV ad: Says Jose Felix Diaz supports President Donald Trump's "plan to slash Medicare, charge older Americans an age tax and cut coverage for pre-existing conditions." Stacey Evans stated on August 5, 2017 in a statement sent to the Atlanta Journal Constitution: There are"thousands of Georgia workers that are misclassified as independent contractors," who lose benefits, including health care. Mike Gallagher stated on July 9, 2017 in a TV interview: "We’re spending 18 percent of our GDP on healthcare while the average among industrialized countries is closer to 8 percent." Sean Duffy stated on July 20, 2017 in an interview: "You have almost half the counties in America that have one provider or no provider for insurance" on the Obamacare exchanges. David Perdue stated on July 28, 2017 in a statement: Because of the failure to pass a repeal bill, "Obamacare remains the law of the land ... This means more than 300,000 Georgians below the poverty line will still not have access to the insurance Obamacare promised." J.K. Rowling stated on July 28, 2017 in a tweet: Says Donald Trump was seen "looking deliberately over a disabled child's head, ignoring his outstretched hand." Marco Rubio stated on July 20, 2017 in a Facebook live speech: "In order to sell insurance in Florida there are over 40 separate individual conditions that must be covered. ... far beyond the essential health benefits included in Obamacare." Eric Schneiderman stated on July 17, 2017 in a speech at Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine: "We have been able to cut New York’s uninsured rate in half since 2013 from 10 percent to 5 percent of our population." Kellyanne Conway stated on July 22, 2017 in Fox News interview: Just 6 percent of Americans say Russia is the country’s most important issue, yet the story receives "75 percent of the coverage" in the media. Kevin McCarthy stated on July 11, 2017 in an interview with Fox Business: "More people, almost twice as many, pay the penalty or take the waiver than signed up for (Obamacare)." John Faso stated on July 15, 2017 in an article in the Times Herald-Record: "We now have about one-third of New York’s population on Medicaid." National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on July 5, 2017 in a Facebook ad: "Elizabeth Warren doesn't think Obamacare goes far enough: ‘The next step is single payer.' Does Sen. Nelson agree? He has in the past ... Sen. Nelson votes with Warren 90 percent of the time." Ron Johnson stated on June 4, 2017 in a television interview: "In the ‘40s, 68 cents of every health care dollar was actually paid for by the patient, today it’s only 11 cents." Elizabeth Warren stated on July 13, 2017 in a video: "One in three people who’s receiving treatment for (opioid) drug problems gets some help from Medicaid to pay for that." Mike Pence stated on July 14, 2017 in a speech to the National Governors Association: In Ohio, due to Medicaid expansion, "nearly 60,000 disabled citizens are stuck on waiting lists ... leaving them without the care they need for months or even years." Stacey Evans stated on June 12, 2017 in a campaign video: "I helped win one of the biggest private lawsuits against Medicare fraud in history. The government declined to pursue the case, so my firm did, and we recovered $324 million for taxpayers." Pat Toomey stated on July 10, 2017 in Morning Joe: Medicaid "is contributing to 70 percent of our budget deficit right now. It’s the one that is in our lap because of Obamacare." Bob Casey stated on July 5, 2017 in a tweet: The GOP health care proposal would slash more than $135 million in federal funding available to PA schools. Chris Murphy stated on June 26, 2017 in a video: Says because of Donald Trump, "the IRS decided to stop enforcing the individual mandate that was the underpinning of the ACA. That has resulted in insurance companies all across the country jacking their rates up, explicitly because they don't believe that healthy people will buy insurance." Marc Short stated on July 2, 2017 in an episode of "Fox News Sunday": 7 million people the Congressional Budget Office says won't have health insurance coverage under the Senate health care bill "don't exist." Marco Rubio stated on June 28, 2017 in a Facebook live speech: "There is no reason for anybody to be losing any of their current benefits under Medicaid."
Ron Johnson stated on September 20, 2017 in an interview: The GOP’s health bill will protect people with pre-existing conditions "every bit as well as Obamacare did."
Donald Trump stated on September 21, 2017 in a tweet: The Graham-Cassidy health care bill does "include coverage of pre-existing conditions."
Bill Cassidy stated on September 20, 2017 in an interview on CNN: Under the Graham-Cassidy health insurance bill, in "states like Maine, Virginia, Florida, Missouri, there will be billions more dollars to provide health insurance coverage for those in those states who have been passed by by Obamacare."
Bernie Sanders stated on September 17, 2017 in an interview: "Private insurance companies in this country spend between 12 and 18 percent on administration costs. The cost of administering the Medicare program, a very popular program that works well for our seniors, is 2 percent. We can save approximately $500 billion a year just in administration costs."
Sean Duffy stated on September 14, 2017 in a Facebook Live town hall: Vermont had to "scrap" its single-payer health insurance program because it was "going bankrupt."
Karen Handel stated on August 30, 2017 in a telephone town hall: "The Affordable Care Act is the single largest tax increase in my lifetime."
Paul Ryan stated on August 21, 2017 in a CNN town hall broadcast: "We’ve got dozens of counties around America that have zero insurers left."
Sean Patrick Maloney stated on August 3, 2017 in a radio interview: "Most people on Medicaid are kids, or seniors, or the disabled."
Alex Castellanos stated on August 20, 2017 in comments on ABC's 'This Week': "(For) white working-class America, death rates among white men are up 20 percent."
Florida Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee stated on August 10, 2017 in a TV ad: Says Jose Felix Diaz supports President Donald Trump's "plan to slash Medicare, charge older Americans an age tax and cut coverage for pre-existing conditions."
Stacey Evans stated on August 5, 2017 in a statement sent to the Atlanta Journal Constitution: There are"thousands of Georgia workers that are misclassified as independent contractors," who lose benefits, including health care.
Mike Gallagher stated on July 9, 2017 in a TV interview: "We’re spending 18 percent of our GDP on healthcare while the average among industrialized countries is closer to 8 percent."
Sean Duffy stated on July 20, 2017 in an interview: "You have almost half the counties in America that have one provider or no provider for insurance" on the Obamacare exchanges.
David Perdue stated on July 28, 2017 in a statement: Because of the failure to pass a repeal bill, "Obamacare remains the law of the land ... This means more than 300,000 Georgians below the poverty line will still not have access to the insurance Obamacare promised."
J.K. Rowling stated on July 28, 2017 in a tweet: Says Donald Trump was seen "looking deliberately over a disabled child's head, ignoring his outstretched hand."
Marco Rubio stated on July 20, 2017 in a Facebook live speech: "In order to sell insurance in Florida there are over 40 separate individual conditions that must be covered. ... far beyond the essential health benefits included in Obamacare."
Eric Schneiderman stated on July 17, 2017 in a speech at Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine: "We have been able to cut New York’s uninsured rate in half since 2013 from 10 percent to 5 percent of our population."
Kellyanne Conway stated on July 22, 2017 in Fox News interview: Just 6 percent of Americans say Russia is the country’s most important issue, yet the story receives "75 percent of the coverage" in the media.
Kevin McCarthy stated on July 11, 2017 in an interview with Fox Business: "More people, almost twice as many, pay the penalty or take the waiver than signed up for (Obamacare)."
John Faso stated on July 15, 2017 in an article in the Times Herald-Record: "We now have about one-third of New York’s population on Medicaid."
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on July 5, 2017 in a Facebook ad: "Elizabeth Warren doesn't think Obamacare goes far enough: ‘The next step is single payer.' Does Sen. Nelson agree? He has in the past ... Sen. Nelson votes with Warren 90 percent of the time."
Ron Johnson stated on June 4, 2017 in a television interview: "In the ‘40s, 68 cents of every health care dollar was actually paid for by the patient, today it’s only 11 cents."
Elizabeth Warren stated on July 13, 2017 in a video: "One in three people who’s receiving treatment for (opioid) drug problems gets some help from Medicaid to pay for that."
Mike Pence stated on July 14, 2017 in a speech to the National Governors Association: In Ohio, due to Medicaid expansion, "nearly 60,000 disabled citizens are stuck on waiting lists ... leaving them without the care they need for months or even years."
Stacey Evans stated on June 12, 2017 in a campaign video: "I helped win one of the biggest private lawsuits against Medicare fraud in history. The government declined to pursue the case, so my firm did, and we recovered $324 million for taxpayers."
Pat Toomey stated on July 10, 2017 in Morning Joe: Medicaid "is contributing to 70 percent of our budget deficit right now. It’s the one that is in our lap because of Obamacare."
Bob Casey stated on July 5, 2017 in a tweet: The GOP health care proposal would slash more than $135 million in federal funding available to PA schools.
Chris Murphy stated on June 26, 2017 in a video: Says because of Donald Trump, "the IRS decided to stop enforcing the individual mandate that was the underpinning of the ACA. That has resulted in insurance companies all across the country jacking their rates up, explicitly because they don't believe that healthy people will buy insurance."
Marc Short stated on July 2, 2017 in an episode of "Fox News Sunday": 7 million people the Congressional Budget Office says won't have health insurance coverage under the Senate health care bill "don't exist."
Marco Rubio stated on June 28, 2017 in a Facebook live speech: "There is no reason for anybody to be losing any of their current benefits under Medicaid."
